The Crater Douglass

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

35.50° N · 122.72° W

Diameter

50.95 km

IAU approval

1970/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-35 · Landau

Geological Chronicle

Douglass is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 50.95 kilometers.

It lies to the southwest of the crater Frost and south-southwest of a large walled plain named Landau. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-35.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Andrew Ellicott; American astronomer (1867-1962).
• Wikipedia (en) — Douglass (lunar crater)

Name Origin

Andrew Ellicott; American astronomer (1867-1962).